The New York Times – “In a majority of United States counties, residents are at an extremely high risk for contracting Covid-19 right now, according to an analysis of coronavirus case and testing data by The New York Times and public health experts. Even as cases fell from record highs earlier in the month, an average of more than 3,000 coronavirus deaths per day were reported in January. The Times published county-specific guidance for common activities to help you lower your personal risk of getting Covid-19 and to help you protect your community. This advice was developed with public health experts at Johns Hopkins University and Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies, and will be updated regularly. “Providing transparent, real time information about what people’s risks are is empowering,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, who is a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the president and C.E.O. of Resolve to Save Lives. “You want to know how hard it’s raining Covid.”…